Retreat, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 39°54′59″N 74°42′46″W / 39.91639°N 74.71278°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Burlington |
Township | Southampton |
Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT)) |
Area code | 609 |
GNIS feature ID | 879666 [1] |
Retreat is an unincorporated community and former hamlet located within Southampton Township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] [3] The area consists of some residential houses grouped together along Big Hill Road and Retreat Road. A large cranberry bog exists to the southeast of the community while Leisuretowne retirement community is located southwest of here. Most of the remaining area consists of forestland. [4]
The community was originally named New Retreat during the American Revolutionary War by a Continental Army soldier who used the site for a cannonball manufacturing. The site was concealed from the British army who at the time was occupying present-day Mount Holly. Retreat was later home to cotton mills which operated until the 1840s. [5]